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SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Sumner County leaders are seeking the community’s input for an updated land plan. “Sumner 2050” is a comprehensive land use plan that hopes to guide future ...
A use variance is a variance that authorizes a land use not normally permitted by the zoning ordinance. [2] Such a variance has much in common with a special-use permit (sometimes known as a conditional use permit). Some municipalities do not offer this process, opting to handle such situations under special use permits instead.
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property .
Signs indicating the Tennessee State and Sumner County borders. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 543 square miles (1,410 km 2), of which 529 square miles (1,370 km 2) is land and 14 square miles (36 km 2) (2.5%) is water. [11] Sumner County is located in Middle Tennessee on the state's northern border with ...
In 1788, Daniel Smith (surveyor) acquired 4,722 acres (1,911 ha) of land in Sumner County, Tennessee along the Cumberland River and Drake's Creek. [19] This was added to his land grant from North Carolina for his services to the Revolutionary War. [20] This made a total of 3,140 acres (1,270 ha) for Senator Dan Smith. [21]
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
Sumner County is the name of two counties in the United States: Sumner County, Kansas; Sumner County, Tennessee This page was last edited on 30 ...